Mount Discovery

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title: "Mount Discovery" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["stratovolcanoes-of-new-zealand", "mountains-of-victoria-land", "volcanoes-of-victoria-land", "pliocene-stratovolcanoes", "pleistocene-stratovolcanoes", "scott-coast", "stratovolcanoes-of-antarctica", "central-volcanoes", "ultra-prominent-peaks-of-antartica"] description: "Volcano in Victoria Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "geography/new-zealand" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Discovery" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Volcano in Victoria Land, Antarctica ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]

Field	Value
name	Mount Discovery
photo	Mt Discovery, from McMurdo.jpg
photo_caption	Mt. Discovery seen from Pegasus Field, January 2013
elevation_m	2681
prominence_m	1637
prominence_ref
listing	Ultra, Ribu
location	Antarctica
map	Antarctica
label	Mount Discovery
label_position	right
coordinates
coordinates_ref
type	Stratovolcano
volcanic_belt	McMurdo Volcanic Group
age	Pliocene-to-Pleistocene
last_eruption	1.87 million years ago
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| name = Mount Discovery | photo = Mt Discovery, from McMurdo.jpg | photo_caption = Mt. Discovery seen from Pegasus Field, January 2013 | elevation_m = 2681 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1637 | prominence_ref = | range = | listing = Ultra, Ribu | location = Antarctica | map = Antarctica | map_caption = | map_size = | label = Mount Discovery | label_position = right | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = Stratovolcano | volcanic_belt = McMurdo Volcanic Group | age = Pliocene-to-Pleistocene | last_eruption = 1.87 million years ago

Mount Discovery () is a conspicuous, isolated volcanic cone, 2680 m high, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and east of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the northwest portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. It forms the center of a three-armed mass of which Brown Peninsula is one extension to the north; Minna Bluff is a second to the east; the third is Mount Morning to the west. Mount Discovery was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for their expedition ship Discovery.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/MountDiscoveryMap.jpg" caption="Mount Discovery region"] ::

Mount Discovery lies to the southeast of the lower Koettlitz Glacier. The Brown Peninsula extends to the northeast of the mountain between the Koettlitz Glacier and the Ross Ice Shelf. Black Island and White Island rise from the ice shelf to the northeast of the mountain. Minna Bluff, a long peninsula, extends from the southeast of the mountain. The Eady Ice Piedmont is to the south of the mountain. A ridge extends southwest from Mount Discovery to Mount Morning.

Features

Features and nearby features include Mount Morning, and Helms Bluff.

Mount Morning

Main article: Mount Morning

Helms Bluff

Discovery Glacier

A broad glacier, 9 nmi long, between Hurricane Ridge (Antarctica) and Mount Discovery. The glacier flows north to coalesce with the east margin of lower Koettlitz Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) in association with Mount Discovery, which Captain Robert Scott had named after the expedition ship of the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901–04.

Lake Discovery

A lake, 3 nmi long, situated at the north end of Hurricane Ridge on the west margin of Discovery Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) in association with Discovery Glacier, a partial source for the lake, and Mount Discovery, the dominant feature in the vicinity.

References

Sources

• {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17591 |name=Discovery Glacier}}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17590 |name=Lake Discovery}}
• {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-23 |title=Mount Discovery |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

References

1. [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/antarctica.html "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences"] Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
2. "Mount Discovery".

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